Wrapping Up
My final year as a peer mentor has ended. Like the past three years, we spent the last week in class answering questions about majors, minors, GEs, and changing all of the above. I will admit, I felt more useful…
Peer Mentoring: Internships (Weeks 11 & 12)
Unfortunately, I was unable to be in class for the Honors & Scholars Presentation, but in my time away, I was able to finish the internship presentation for week 12. I got lucky with my class placement this semester because…
Peer Mentoring Weeks 9 & 10
Week 9 was an off-week, but everyone is still exhausted from midterms, projects, and the looming finals. Even though they’re still a few weeks away, finals are hanging over everyone’s heads because for the freshmen, this will be their very…
Peer Mentoring: Resources & Scheduling (Weeks 7 & 8)
I’m feeling the class’ energy decrease a little as we hit the halfway point in the semester, but the new university resources assignment seems like it will lift them up a little: They get to walk around campus and find…
Peer Mentoring: Transition Challenges (Weeks 5 & 6)
The very first time I talked about my transition challenge, I didn’t even talk about my real challenge: social anxiety. Instead, I talked about getting lost on campus. Now, with it being my second year of telling the actual story,…
Peer Mentoring: GEs & Acting (Weeks 3 & 4)
College is starting to sink in for the freshmen, and grad school applications are starting to sink in for me. Though our lives are rapidly changing, at least the GEs haven’t changed in the past three years. It was also…
RA Reflections
“It’s their problem; they should have to move out!” Ah, the joys of being a Resident Advisor. A resident thinks the roommate should move out because the conflict is obviously the roommate’s fault. The conflict that the resident never brought…
Peer Mentoring: Introduction & the Liberal Arts (Weeks 1 & 2)
I got some odd stares when students started filing into the classroom. I asked how everything was going so far on the first day, and they sat there, probably trying to understand how someone this “mature” could be in a…
(Some) Challenges Abroad
After returning home, I reflected more about my experiences abroad. I alluded to some of my challenges previously, including a few health problems and culture shocks, and I thought I’d talk about a couple of them here. As a disclaimer, I…
Between France & Morocco: Marrakech, Rabat, Fez, & Casablanca
I wasn’t sure what to expect from Morocco, honestly. All I had ever learned about it was that it was a Muslim country, people spoke Arabic, Berber, and French, and that it was a former French colony. I came to…
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